Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and the upcoming Harper Business book, What You Do Is Who You Are, available October 29th. He also created the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund to connect cultural leaders to the best new technology companies and enable more young African Americans to enter the technology industry. Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007. Previously, Ben ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications, including the widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Ben has an MS and BA in Computer Science from UCLA and Columbia University, respectively. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] Andy Grove [04:39] Andy’s highly influential High Output Management [06:35] Management and solving the problems of business [11:21] Management vs. leadership [15:19] Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager [17:20] Famed Silicon Valley coach Bill Campbell [20:45] How a Bill Campbell or an Oprah Winfrey reads people so intuitively [24:34] Advice for first-time executives [26:45] Recommended books for first-time founders [32:11] On not worrying about being liked [35:01] Tools and techniques to manage one's own psychology [37:44] Self-talk for someone in a high threat situation [41:28] What does Ben mean when he says “sharpen the contradictions"? [43:51] Why Ben wrote What You Do Is Who You Are [46:44] How to create your company culture [50:27] The culture of Andreessen Horowitz [51:53] On recreating your company's culture [53:55] Toussaint L’Ouverture and galvanizing a group toward an end [56:52] Getting across the message of What You Do Is Who You Are [1:03:33] What would Ben’s billboard say? [1:07:00] Parting thoughts [1:08:25]